After toiling under hazardous conditions for 17 months to contain the crisis at Fukushima No. 1, the nuclear plant's workers are suffering from work-related stress and unable to get proper counseling due to lack of funding, a communications counselor warned Monday.
Despite the dangers and uncertainty they face, Tokyo Electric Power Co. isn't providing enough psychological support because the utility is under immense cost-cutting pressure, said Hideki Yabuhara, president of Kyoto-based Wamon Inc.
Wamon provides mental health expertise to companies, organizations and individuals and helps improve to employee communications skills. Last October, Yabuhara began volunteering his skills once a month at Fukushima No. 1.